The Northern Oklahoma College Division of Nursing held a Fall White Coat Ceremony Tuesday in NOC Enid’s Montgomery Hall.The first White Coat Ceremony was created by Dr. Arnold P. Gold in 1993 to bring a focus on human caring back to the practice of medicine. The ceremony has expanded from medical schools to multiple healthcare disciplines, including nursing. During the ceremony, students are cloaked and recite a professionalism pledge to acknowledge the importance of human caring and the need to keep patients at the center of that care. The cloaking ceremony symbolizes the passing of the nursing profession to a future generation who have the responsibility to provide compassionate care with the most up-to-date evidence throughout their careers, leaving the profession better off when they leave than when they began.“The white coat ceremony honors nursing’s traditions and acknowledges the equal contributions nurses at all levels make to humanistic caring healthcare practices,” said NOC Nursing Division Chair Dr. Nikole Hicks. “The placement of the ceremony for NOC nursing students marks their transition ets will be available in February. For more information, please contact the alumni relations office at kayla.wooderson@noc.edu or 580.628.6473. Students earning their White Coats included from NOC Stillwater Kenleigh Aebi, Sierra Aviles, Cody Birchfield, Madalyn Bowman, Victoria Nowack, Kaelee Nunez, and Grant Shaffer. From NOC Enid, Wendy Birdwell, Kendall Chmielewski. Ilyssia Gonzales, Cassandra Handley, Christopher Nace, Valrie Roblyer, Madison Solis, and Cerena Warfield.From NOC Tonkawa, Logan Burgess, Tristan Byers, Kalli Dinsmore, Allie Epperson, Aubrey Fredricks, April Graham, Emily Mireles, Becca Toles, Desiree Turner, and Kennedy Williams.
